by Ghostwrite Mike, Carceral Studies Journalism Guild, Valley State Prison The 1971 essay that opens volume three, issue number four of The Black Scholar, titled “The Black Woman’s Role in the Community of Slaves,” presented a monumental offering penned by Angela Y. Davis while on trial and housed at the Marin County jail. Articulating the continuity between her own jailed … [Read more...] about Black Radical Feminisms
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Black Arts Excellence: André Holland and Yale’s Justice for Everybody Stage The Brothers Size at Valley State Prison
By Dominick J. Porter & Ghostwrite Mike, Carceral Studies Journalism Guild, Valley State Prison The last time a free world theater production of any kind was performed before a confined audience in California was 1957, nearly seventy years ago (Waiting For Godot, San Quentin). Before actor André Holland, star of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin … [Read more...] about Black Arts Excellence: André Holland and Yale’s Justice for Everybody Stage The Brothers Size at Valley State Prison
Poem: My Eulogy
by Stewart Skuba, Valley State Prison Do you understand what freedom is trulyBarriers…Cages…Walls….Restraints…Shackles…Cuffs…I can't breathe…I can't stand up.I have had enough.Truly that man that I was is Deadthis is his Eulogy.I am no longer him…He is no longer meI have had enough.No more looking back…Moving forwards…things are looking Up.So good looking out…there is no … [Read more...] about Poem: My Eulogy
Poem: Three Palm Trees
by Jennifer Fletcher, Central CA Women's FacilityCSJG Journalist & CSU Fresno Debate Champion Beautifully Majestic, full of life, oceans of azure blueSoftly caressing toasty warm sands; coming so close to youYour palm fronds blow in the breeze, swaying to and froWondering with life's many choices, which way you will goSunshine glowing bringing warmth to the sands of … [Read more...] about Poem: Three Palm Trees
Poem: The Dangerous Few
by Ghostwrite Mike, Valley State Prison How do the dangerous few, earn, the right of return?Turn the page—act our age—work, but not be slaves?Not be slaves…Forever purgatoried, tell yo story, text it through the ether—eitherWe record the history, or they deceive the reader.See, we are praxis, for those who wield powerFor the feel of it. Blessed, if you could deal with … [Read more...] about Poem: The Dangerous Few
